A-type star · white star
HD 100826
HD 100826 is a white star in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface is about 8,739 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 28,054,336× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.
brightness mag 6.23A0Ib
Also catalogued as HIP 56550
8,739 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
28,054,336× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.51×
as hot as the Sun
28,054,336×
the Sun's light output
-13.77
absolute magnitude
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Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.